Love Happy 1950
Cast:
Harpo Marx .... Harpo
Chico Marx .... Faustino the Great
Ilona Massey .... Madame Egelichi
Vera-Ellen .... Maggie Phillips, Dancer
Marion Hutton .... Bunny Dolan, Maggie's Best Friend
Raymond Burr .... Alphonse Zoto
Melville Cooper .... Lefty Throckmorton
Paul Valentine .... Mike Johnson, Dancer
Leon Belasco .... Mr. Lyons
Eric Blore .... Mackinaw
Bruce Gordon .... Hannibal Zoto
Marilyn Monroe .... Grunion's Client
Groucho Marx .... Detective Sam Grunion, narrator of the story
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eddie Borden .... Man at Stage Door (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing .... Street Extra (uncredited)
Edward Gargan .... Cop who captures Harpo (uncredited)
Lois Hall .... Young woman (uncredited)
Alvin Hammer .... Call Boy (uncredited)
Colin Keith-Johnston .... Actor (uncredited)
House Peters Jr. .... Clergyman in Sadie Thompson number (uncredited)
Constance Purdy .... Woman with Chihuahua Dog (uncredited)
Otto Waldis .... Ivan, Assassin in Grunion's office (uncredited)
Producer: Lester Cowan
Director: David Miller
Screenplay: Frank Tashlin and Mac Benoff (based on a story by Harpo Marx)
Music Director: Paul J. Smith
Musical Score: Ann Ronell
Song Score: Ann Ronell, Harold Spina and Walter Bullock
Choreography: Billy Daniel
Art Director: Gabriel Scognamillo
Special Effects: Howard Anderson
Songs:
Love Happy (sung behind titles by Marion Hutton and Chorus);
Who Stole the Jam? (sung by Marion Hutton);
Sadie Thompson number (danced by Vera-Ellen and Chorus);
Gypsy Love Song (performed by Chico Marx and Leon Belasco);
The Old Folks at Home (Way Down Upon the Swanee River) (played by Harpo Marx);
Polonaise in A Flat (played by Chico Marx)
Love Happy was the last of the Marx Bothers films. It was, by most accounts, a failure. The movie was about a detective and a jewel heist. Marilyn's role was just to walk and utter two lines.
When Love Happy was released in the spring of 1950, Marilyn was given an "Introducing Marilyn Monroe" on-screen credit - even though she had already made three previous films. Love Happy is important in Marilyn's career for two reasons. First, it introudced her fabulous walk (to be seen again in Niagara) and second, it introduced her to super-agent, Johnny Hyde.
Marilyn was sent on her first national tour to promote a film. While in New York, Marilyn was dubbed the "Mmmmmmmmm Girl".
